Time to check your immunisation history

Dr Deng says the immunisation warning is timely in the lead-up to World Immunisation Week, which is promoting vaccines to protect people of all ages against disease.

The theme of this year’s campaign is Protected Together: Vaccines Work! And the immunisation specialist says: “It’s a great chance to remind everyone that these diseases we haven’t seen for a while are coming back because we’ve seen a drop in vaccination rates around the world.

“Despite all the gains, we’re still seeing outbreaks of measles, diphtheria and various other vaccine-preventable diseases across the world, with many children affected.

“World Immunisation Week is an excellent initiative to get the dialogue going and have an open discussion about how vaccines work and to answer any questions people may have.”